#CCC239#CCC239

#CCC239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.151 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCC239
RGB	rgb(204, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -11.84, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 67.09, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0394 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.151 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9340, 51.7181, 11.4858)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCC239 #3943CC

analogous

#CC7839 #CCC239 #8CCC39

triadic

#CCC239 #39CCC2 #C239CC

tetradic

#CCC239 #39CC78 #3943CC #CC398C

square

#CCC239 #39CC78 #3943CC #CC398C

split-complementary

#CCC239 #398CCC #7839CC

monochromatic

#6E691C #9F9729 #CCC239 #D9D16A #E5E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CCC239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CCC239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCC239

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCC239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCC239	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccc239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.151 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd479',
    500: '#ccc239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccc239;
$custom-light: #dfd479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccc239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79863,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCC239

secondary

#323678

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCC239

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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